Category Archives: Statements

We condemn the terrorist attack on worshippers at a Sufi shrine in Sehwan, in Sindh, Pakistan, today. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as Da’esh, has claimed responsibility for the attack. This attack, claimed by ISIL/Da’esh, follows a suicide bombing at a rally in Lahore on Monday, and a suicide […]

ISLAMABAD, 17th February 2017: The United Nations family in Pakistan stands together with all in Pakistan in shock and grief after the heinous attack yesterday on hundreds of children, women and men at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan Sharif, Sindh. We are appalled by this attack on hundreds of people while they were […]

ISLAMABAD, 15th February 2017: The United Nations Country Team in Pakistan condemns the brutal attack on judges and court staff in Peshawar many of whom we worked together with to strengthen justice in the province. The UN family in Pakistan expresses condolences to the colleagues, family and friends of those murdered. “We condemn this unjust […]

ISLAMABAD, 14th February 2017: The United Nations Country Team in Pakistan is shocked at the brutality of the terror attack on peaceful protestors and police in Lahore yesterday. The targeted murder of police personnel was an attack on their efforts to implement the rule of law in Pakistan. The UN family in Pakistan shares the […]

ISLAMABAD, 13th December 2016: The United Nations Country Team in Pakistan is shocked at the brutality of a mob attack on an Ahmadi place of worship in Chakwal, and condemns the violence used and any expression of intolerance. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is emphatic: ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience […]

ISLAMABAD, 8th December 2016: The United Nations Country Team in Pakistan expresses its condolences to all those who lost family and friends in the crash of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 travelling from Chitral to Islamabad. “We offer our sincerest condolences to the bereaved families of the plane crash victims. Members of our UN […]

ISLAMABAD, 13th November 2016: The United Nations family in Pakistan strongly condemns the heinous attack yesterday on hundreds of people at the Shah Noorani shrine in Khuzdar, Balochistan. We express our profound condolences and sympathy to the families of all those who lost their lives or were injured in this heartless attack. Our thoughts today […]

ISLAMABAD, 25th October 2016: The United Nations family in Pakistan strongly condemns the attack on the Police Training Academy, targeting recruits and security personnel in Quetta. We express our deepest condolences and sympathy to the families of all those who lost their lives or were injured in the brutal terror attack. Our thoughts today are […]

Islamabad, 8 August 2016. The UNITED NATIONS stand side by side with the people of Pakistan in mourning the victims of the callous double attack on the President of the Baluchistan Bar Association and on the people who wanted to mourn his death at a public hospital in Quetta, many of them lawyers and journalists. We […]

The Secretary-General condemns the terrorist attack by armed militants at Bacha Khan University in the city of Charsadda, Pakistan, today, which killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens more. He is appalled by such acts of violence and calls for the perpetrators to be swiftly brought to justice. The Secretary-General recalls that just over […]